The body

Synonyms for grin

The synonym for grin recorded in this bank is beam, in the sense "to smile broadly, showing the teeth". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for grin

beamverb, in the sense "to smile broadly, showing the teeth"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and grin carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsThe body

to smile broadly, showing the teeth

Children grin whenever the clown produces a rabbit from the hat.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

beam

Same sentence, swapped: Children beam whenever the clown produces a rabbit from the hat.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

smirk
chuckle
frown

Where grin turns up in the game

grin is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play grin

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grin reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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feeblyadverbweaklyin a weak or frail mannerFoothillsHas a reason line foreheadnounbrowthe part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairlineFoothillsHas a reason line gutnounstomachthe stomach or bellyFoothillsHas a reason line nimblyadverbdeftlyin a quick, light, and skillful wayTreelineHas a reason line numbadjectivedeadeneddeprived of the power of physical sensation, especially from coldTreelineHas a reason line orificenounopeningan aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavityRidgelineHas a reason line reasonnouncausea justification for something existing or happeningFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line receiveverbgetreceive a specified treatment (abstract)FoothillsHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. grin carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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